Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 37:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
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Role in This Section
Job 37:22 advances the thought unit with the words “Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.” Elihu states “Fair weather cometh out of the north” as one poetic claim in Elihu Closes with Hidden Brightness and Terrible Majesty.
Read It With
- Job 37:21–37:24
Read Job 37:22 with 37:21–37:24. Read alone, “Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Elihu pictures bright light hidden and cleared by wind, northern splendor, unsearchable power and justice, and human fear before God.
Why It Needs Context
Job 37:22 depends on 37:21–37:24; isolating “Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from Elihu and “Elihu Closes with Hidden Brightness and Terrible Majesty.”
Read Job 37:21–24 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 37:21–37:24 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Elihu Closes with Hidden Brightness and Terrible Majesty.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 21. 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Verse 22. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Verse 23. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Verse 24. 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 37:21–37:24 — Elihu Closes with Hidden Brightness and Terrible MajestySources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 37:21–37:24, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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